Table 4

Cardiovascular risk factors and adjusted^4-151 relative risk of major CHD events during 15 years’ follow up and by specific period of follow up in 414 men with diagnosed CHD with available data on all lifestyle covariates

		Cumulative		Specific period of follow up (years)
		15 years		0–5.0	5.1–10.0	10.1–15
Number of cases/subjects	169/414		72/414	59/324^4-154	38/246^4-154
Smoking
Ex (vnever)	1.9^*		0.8	4.0^*	3.7⁺
Current (vnever)	2.5^**		1.3	3.8^*	6.4^*
BMI (⩾ 28v < 22 kg/m²)	2.6^**		4.3^**	1.7	3.0^*
Systolic blood pressure^4-152 ^4-153	1.3⁺		1.2	1.7⁺	1.0
Diastolic blood pressure^4-152 ^4-153	1.7^**		1.9^**	2.7^**	0.6
Cholesterol^4-152 ^4-153	1.5⁺		1.6^**	1.0	2.3
Insulin^4-152 ^4-153 (top decile vrest)	1.8^*		1.4	2.6^*	1.8

Test for difference/trend: ⁺0.05⩽ p ⩽ 0.08; ^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001.
↵4-151 Adjusted for age, lifestyle factors, and diabetes.
↵4-152 Adjustments made in addition for systolic blood pressure and/or cholesterol.
↵4-153 Top quartile v bottom quartile.
↵4-154 Men who died or developed major CHD before the specific follow up period were excluded.